Medical acupuncture

Med Acupunct · ISSN (print) 1933-6586 · 19 papers in corpus
other 2026
doi:10.1089/acu.2025.0010 ·PMID:42405174

BACKGROUND: Two huge earthquakes struck Kumamoto, Japan, in April 2016, forcing residents to evacuate. Some disaster-related symptoms can be expected to improve with acupuncture and moxibustion treatment. However, there are a few reports on…

rct 2024
doi:10.1089/acu.2023.0062 ·PMID:38380169

OBJECTIVE: Primary dysmenorrhea is a common condition that impacts quality of life significantly. Auricular therapies have shown promise for treating primary dysmenorrhea, but there is a lack of evidence specifically for auricular acupunctu…

case-report 2023
doi:10.1089/acu.2022.0074 ·PMID:37351444

OBJECTIVE: Magnetism has been known for >4,000 years. Recently static multipolar magnets have demonstrated analgesic clinical usefulness. Local application of magnets may be beneficial in reducing musculoskeletal pain, particularly when oth…

2021
qualitative 2020
doi:10.1089/acu.2020.1428 ·PMID:33101570

Objective: Acupuncture is one of the most widely used treatments of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) within the military's health system. The success of CAM integration is partially dependent on both providers' and patients' per…

nonrandomized-trial 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1344 ·PMID:31871525

Objectives: Needle and laser acupuncture are often used to improve the success rate of assisted reproductive technology (ART). This study examined whether needle or laser acupuncture ameliorated the emotional distress experienced by inferti…

other 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.29130.rcn ·PMID:32952802
case-report 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1379 ·PMID:31871528

Background: Endometriosis is the cause of chronic pelvic pain in 70% of all chronic pelvic pain cases in women in the United States. Traditional Chinese Medicine may present either an adjunct or optional treatment for women with chronic pel…

review 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1387 ·PMID:31871521

Conventional medicine suggests that adequate maternal blood is essential for a woman to become pregnant, maintain a healthy pregnancy to term, and recover postpartum. Adequate blood is recognized for successful embryo attachment and to prov…

rct 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1368 ·PMID:31624528

Objective: The increasing prevalence of infertility every year is in line with the increasing need for in vitro fertilization (IVF) programs. Failure of oocyte maturation is an obstacle that often causes low success in IVF. According to sev…

other 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.29126.cpl ·PMID:32952801
rct 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1362 ·PMID:31456866

Objective: Needling technique is an important factor contributing to the efficacy of an acupuncture point. In previous studies, Sanyinjiao (SP 6) had an immediate analgesic effect on primary dysmenorrhea (PD) with strengthened acupuncture s…

review 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1394 ·PMID:31871523

One treatment option for couples with infertility that enables the highest success rate is in vitro fertilization (IVF). With this technique, various causes of infertility can be overcome, whether they are caused by anatomical abnormalities…

other 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.29132.cit ·PMID:32952803
case-report 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1388 ·PMID:31624530

Background: Women who have anovulatory infertility due to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) rely primarily on medical fertility treatment to conceive. If this treatment fails, the odds of success of conceiving naturally are extremely small, …

observational 2019
doi:10.1089/acu.2019.1386 ·PMID:31624526

Objective: In the United Kingdom, a professional acupuncture network, the Acupuncture (for Conception to) Childbirth Team (ACT), provides education and support for practitioners using maternity acupuncture. However, the nature of treatments…

case-report 2018
doi:10.1089/acu.2017.1265 ·PMID:29682150

Background: Infertility is clinically defined as the failure to conceive after 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse. Organic disorders and lifestyle factors are highly associated with infertility. Generally, acupuncture and its relat…

nonrandomized-trial 2017
doi:10.1089/acu.2017.1248 ·PMID:29279735

Objective: Strong evidence shows that 85% of women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) have musculoskeletal disorders, such as abdominal myofascial pain syndrome (AMPS). The aim of this research was to assess the efficacy of local acupuncture tr…

nonrandomized-trial 2013
doi:10.1089/acu.2012.0909 ·PMID:24761179

BACKGROUND: Primary dysmenorrhea occurs 40%-50% in women of reproductive age. Acupuncture may assist treatment of menstrual pain. OBJECTIVE: This study compared the effects of the acupuncture program Chongmai, or Thoroughfare Vessel (TV), …